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One to add to the #benhouchen freeport files

He basically said that those of us protesting genocide are useful idiots.... such a corrupt idiot #BenHouchen #PalestineAction #FreePalestine #Gaza

#BenHouchen just called innocent protestors #usefulidiots and accused us of siding with #Hamas #ProPalestine #genocide #Gaza #BBCLauraK #PalestineAction #FreePalestine .. he's the useful idiot for the #toryscum

Mayor who branded public questions insane to face public questions live on radio Monthly Mayor’s Question Time with Ben Houchen to start this week

Hi #BenHouchen fans

So, Ben will be holding a public questions session on BBC Tees on Thursday am

Read all about it here, courtesy of James Waterson and @northeastbylines.co.uk

Mayor who branded public questions insane to face public questions live on radio northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...

Hi 🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀 fans

Read all about Ben Houchen's tinpot Teesside Airport and Teesside Freeport, devouring your cash at an alarming rate, and lining the pockets of billionaire cronies

Courtesy of European Powell

Government audit bombshell for Houchen’s Tees Valley Devolution may be halted as TVCA faces audit crisis; government warns of restricted funding, lost trust, and oversight risks

Hi #BenHouchen fans.

That's if there are any Ben Houchen fans still left out there.

You need to read every word of this from Peter Morris of @northeastbylines.co.uk

Government audit bombshell for Houchen’s Tees Valley northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

The destruction of Redcar Blast Furnace by the Tories in 2015

Hi 🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀

So while Houchen continues to cynically exploit the plight of Scunthorpe steelworkers for political gain, let's have a look closer to home in Teesside

A short thread:

Firstly it was Houchen's Tories who shut down Redcar steelworks in 2015

They can't blame anyone else for that

Ben Houchen's steel lies

Hi🦀 #BenHouchen fans

How it started....

Reality Bites for Houchen: Steps Down as Chair of MDCs Tees Valley mayor will step down as chair of development corporations this year, as recommended by the Tees Valley Review. But why didn't he do it last year?

Hi🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀fans

Ben pulled a flanker at 2 recent STDC Board meetings

Here's @teesvalleymonitor.bsky.social with the details

The article mentions that two Teessiders have raised official complaints to the TVCA

I can confirm that one of them was me

www.teesvalleymonitor.com/reality-bite...

Why on earth is @bbclaurak.bsky.social quoting the critical comments of #BenHouchen who is currently taking a Soft Resignation from his corruption ridden position? He is a favourite apparently.
#BritishSteel
#Nationalisation

Houchen’s MDC resignations: what next? Ben Houchen's resignation leaves important questions for the region

Hi #BenHouchen fans

Excellent analysis by Peter Morris of Ben Houchen's slowly crumbling empire

Courtesy of @northeastbylines.co.uk

'Houchen’s MDC resignations: what next?'

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen to step down from MDC chair roles Ben Houchen will step down as the chair of three Mayoral Development Corporations (MDCs) on 27 June.

Hi 🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀fans

So Houchen has finally agreed that the game is up with his 3 mayoral corporations

But we need to go further and abolish these mini-freeports with immediate effect

You can read more about the affect of this in the next part of this short thread

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Houchen must quit as STDC chair to comply with legal Order Ben Houchen must quit as chair of Tees Valley MDCs to comply with new government guidance on avoiding conflicts of interest

Hi #BenHouchen fans

"Houchen must quit as STDC chair to comply with legal Order."

The UK government has had enough of his shenanigans.

Read more from Peter Morris courtesy of @northeastbylines.co.uk

northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...

Ben Houchen’s High Wage Economy is a myth Ben Houchen's job claims don't hold up - wages lag, poverty rises, and promised high-paid jobs remain elusive.

Hi🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀fans

Destroying 8 years of Ben Houchen's attempts to deceive the people of the Tees Valley.

With facts.

Courtesy of @northeastbylines.co.uk

northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...

prosecute #BenHouchen & mates

Please read this about the #Teeside #Freeport. A total travesty of justice that people have not been prosecuted. #CONservative mayor #BenHouchen, oversaw this. Private companies (cronies) made £54 million profit in 2022/23.
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/02/the-...

Airport Records Its First Profit For More Than A Decade - Teesside International Airport Teesside International Airport has reported its first profit in more than a decade after growth in passenger numbers and successful Business Park developments helped it move back into the black.  Acco...

Hi 🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀fans

Ben's pants have gone on fire numerous times in the past 8 years, but this is the most blatant pork pie of the lot:

A🧵in two parts:

First up, Here's Ben in August 2024, claiming that Teesside Airport made a profit in 2023/24

www.teessideinternational.com/news/airport...

Hi 🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀 fans

So @leighsus.bsky.social of the Teesside Lead is reporting today that Ben's pet green hydrogen project has crashed and burned.

But what of all the other Houchen's Hydrogen Hype™️?

Time for a thread....

teesside.thelead.uk/p/bp-cancels...

Chancellor has spent just TWO working days at Darlington Treasury since election Chancellor Rachel Reeves has spent just two working days at the Darlington Economic Campus since Labour’s election victory.

And a friendly reminder that Ben Houchen and Rishi Sunak bragged endlessly about transferring HM Treasury jobs to Darlington.

But the HM Treasury Campus at Darlington is a joke, just as we predicted that it would be three years ago.

#BenHouchen

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2496168...

Tees Valley Combined Authority boss to step down amid restructure Tees Valley Combined Authority Group Chief Executive Julie Gilhespie is set to leave her role after an organisational restructure will see the…

Hi🦀 #BenHouchen fans

So the Northern Echo is reporting that Ben Houchen's crony Julie Gilhespie has resigned/been sacked from the Tees Valley Combined Authority.

A quick thread....

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2497824...

Hi 🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀fans

Ben gave his construction cronies Story £35 million of our cash to refurbish Middlesbrough railway station.

Was this money well spent?

No, it was not.

A thread....

Hi 🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀 fans

So, right now, Laura Kuenssberg, Jo Coburn, Fiona Bruce and the BBC are in a bind.

They were determined to make Nigel Farage our next Prime Minister.

Until Farage p!ssed on his chips with his unswerving loyalty to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

A thread....

Hi 🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀 fans

So, are Ben's trackless trams yet another over-hyped example of #BensBoondiggles?

Yep, trackless trams are 'Gadgetbahns' - expensive fantasies that distract from real public transport solutions.

They will NEVER come to the Tees Valley

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjKG...

MP at loggerheads with Labour over desperately needed cash for ageing hospital Stockton has previously missed out on a new-build replacement hospital with the existing North Tees struggling with a number of chronic infrastructure problems

Hi 🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀fans

In which unpopular snot-nosed schoolboy Matt 'Parmo Socks' Vickers gets a wedgie from Labour for his lies about North Tees Hospital

Can school bully Ben 'Flashman' Houchen come to Matt's rescue?

No, he's taken Matt's dinner money again

www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teessid...

Consultation launched over steelmaking future as Mayor says 'Just do it' A funding pledge of up to £2.5bn has been restated for steel production areas which 'could' include Redcar

Hi 🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀fans

Major lack of self awareness alert:

Ben Houchen, who lied about bringing a major hospital and an electric arc furnace to #Teesside (and these are just 2 of his whoppers) accusing OTHERS of recycling money announcements time after time😂

www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teessid...

Effective oversight finally comes to Teesside New oversight committees are forming in Middlesbrough and Hartlepool, but past governance failures still loom large. Can they rebuild trust?

Hi 🦀 #BenHouchen 🦀 fans

News from Houchenland, but this time with a twist.

My latest article courtesy of @northeastbylines.co.uk

northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...